A new Indian bistro called The Crossing opened in Leeds this week – hot from Paris, where it was the first restaurant from the subcontinent to open in the famous Galeries Lafayette on Boulevard Haussmann. Founder Ankur Chakraborty was inspired to cook as a boy by his travels with his father, who worked for the Indian […]
More than 10,000 diners have sampled the vast new Royal Nawaab restaurant in the ‘Stockport Pyramid’ building on the edge of Manchester, in a two-week soft launch ahead of its formal opening this month. The glass pyramid was the head office of the Co-Op Bank for 23 years until 2018, and has been converted at […]
Iconic Southall restaurant Brilliant is to close next month after 50 years, to be replaced by the new Brilliant Gastro in the town’s nearby Green Quarter. The restaurant was founded by Gulu Anand in 1975, becoming a stalwart of the west London suburb’s famous south Asian dining scene, with guests including King Charles. The founder’s […]